Finally brought my Supra home!, '97 TT 6 speed Options

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Become a pimp like richee.

[NgoFcukinWay]

Everyone loves the Supra because of the power potencial, but Toyota over-engineered the thing so much that the brakes are just as if not more impressive. They basically put F1 tech into the braking system and abs computer, so that 70-0 stood as a WORLD RECORD for a production car until the Mercedes SLR with its flaming carbon ceramics. Nowadays obviously most high end sports cars and super cars use ceramics but it took 10+ years and a new compound to break the Supra's record.

Love the car, and hopefully there will be more updates as the weather warms.

Edit: Minor correction it was unseated by the Carrera GT... Not the SLR. Still amazing when you think of all the supercars around before then (Porsche GT2, GT3, Lotus Exige, and many other cars that were basically street legal race cars).

Correction: Everyone loves the 2JZ-GTE because of the power potential. Those things can be shoe-horned into damn near anything (Deloreans, Mustangs, 240s, Black & Decker blenders, Oral-B electric toothbrush, etc) and still make 1200HP. The JZA80 is just the lucky chassis that got to house it from production. Put a FE in the A80 chassis and no one would bat an eye at it. (over-exaggerating of course)

This post has been edited by NgoFcukinWay: Mar 25, 2015 - 9:06 PM

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The 2JZ is like the LS of Japanese motors. Stupid power for cheap, and it's reliable. I wouldn't mind a 2JZ Supra or Soarer, that or something converted like a 280Z(X) or 240SX.

[richee3]

Everyone loves the Supra because of the power potencial, but Toyota over-engineered the thing so much that the brakes are just as if not more impressive. They basically put F1 tech into the braking system and abs computer, so that 70-0 stood as a WORLD RECORD for a production car until the Mercedes SLR with its flaming carbon ceramics. Nowadays obviously most high end sports cars and super cars use ceramics but it took 10+ years and a new compound to break the Supra's record.

Love the car, and hopefully there will be more updates as the weather warms.

Edit: Minor correction it was unseated by the Carrera GT... Not the SLR. Still amazing when you think of all the supercars around before then (Porsche GT2, GT3, Lotus Exige, and many other cars that were basically street legal race cars).

Precisely the reason I am comfortable shelling out damn near $500 for all OEM components. The thought of spending that much on parking brake shoes, pads, and rotors would normally give me a heart attack but I know what the OEM brakes are capable of, and I feel much more comfortable putting OEM parts on my car than some of the other stuff.

Man I wish I had your job to be able to afford one haha. This 14$ an hour life is rather depressing. Even know I'm only 24 my butt is gonna go back to college and finish up and maybe one day I'll have one.. Or at least I hope lol.

You'd be surprised. Truthfully I don't make a whole lot more than you. It's all about how you spend it, plus I caught a lucky break. Definitely go back to college though! I'm only 25 myself but if I keep doing the job I'm doing, I'll be lucky to still be able to walk around comfortably when I'm 50. I fully intend to finish school myself, but it's not in the cards right now. But I digress: you can afford one. Save up a few thousand, and make sure you have a good credit score. Then go talk to your local credit unions. Most of them will finance older cars. You can find decent condition shells for $10-12k, or complete, running, clean NA 5 speeds for $15-20k. Put a few thousand down, finance a clean NA, and slowly build it up to anything you want it to be! Financing a car this old isn't the wisest decision you can make, but the NA 2JZ is bulletproof so you shouldn't have an issue with it breaking down while you are making payments. Plus you wouldn't be alone, I see Supras being financed frequently on SupraForums. Everything from 18 year olds just starting college are financing cheaper Supras and older guys are financing the more expensive ones, so their bank account doesn't take a huge hit and they are snagging them while interest rates are still low. Myself, I chose not to finance mine. Interest rates are low, yes, but I don't want to pay interest if I can avoid it and I really don't want to owe money month to month. You never know what the future holds, and banks are t forgiving on missed payments. /poor financial advice.

[Jmk91]

Everyone loves the Supra because of the power potencial, but Toyota over-engineered the thing so much that the brakes are just as if not more impressive. They basically put F1 tech into the braking system and abs computer, so that 70-0 stood as a WORLD RECORD for a production car until the Mercedes SLR with its flaming carbon ceramics. Nowadays obviously most high end sports cars and super cars use ceramics but it took 10+ years and a new compound to break the Supra's record.

Love the car, and hopefully there will be more updates as the weather warms.

Edit: Minor correction it was unseated by the Carrera GT... Not the SLR. Still amazing when you think of all the supercars around before then (Porsche GT2, GT3, Lotus Exige, and many other cars that were basically street legal race cars).

Precisely the reason I am comfortable shelling out damn near $500 for all OEM components. The thought of spending that much on parking brake shoes, pads, and rotors would normally give me a heart attack but I know what the OEM brakes are capable of, and I feel much more comfortable putting OEM parts on my car than some of the other stuff.

Man I wish I had your job to be able to afford one haha. This 14$ an hour life is rather depressing. Even know I'm only 24 my butt is gonna go back to college and finish up and maybe one day I'll have one.. Or at least I hope lol.

You'd be surprised. Truthfully I don't make a whole lot more than you. It's all about how you spend it, plus I caught a lucky break. Definitely go back to college though! I'm only 25 myself but if I keep doing the job I'm doing, I'll be lucky to still be able to walk around comfortably when I'm 50. I fully intend to finish school myself, but it's not in the cards right now. But I digress: you can afford one. Save up a few thousand, and make sure you have a good credit score. Then go talk to your local credit unions. Most of them will finance older cars. You can find decent condition shells for $10-12k, or complete, running, clean NA 5 speeds for $15-20k. Put a few thousand down, finance a clean NA, and slowly build it up to anything you want it to be! Financing a car this old isn't the wisest decision you can make, but the NA 2JZ is bulletproof so you shouldn't have an issue with it breaking down while you are making payments. Plus you wouldn't be alone, I see Supras being financed frequently on SupraForums. Everything from 18 year olds just starting college are financing cheaper Supras and older guys are financing the more expensive ones, so their bank account doesn't take a huge hit and they are snagging them while interest rates are still low. Myself, I chose not to finance mine. Interest rates are low, yes, but I don't want to pay interest if I can avoid it and I really don't want to owe money month to month. You never know what the future holds, and banks are t forgiving on missed payments. /poor financial advice.

Well I guess your right. I work roughly 50-60 hours a week. I'm a sterile processing tech at a local hospital. Isn't to bad but it sucks. Having blood/bone chunk fly up onto your scrubs isn't to fun or get a mouth full of nasty bloody water isn't to good tasting either. Has only happened twice now I learned if I'm in the decontamination room don't talk to anyone unless your away from the sink lol. I might check out getting a loan but currently I have to much debt roughly 15k from all my Honda builts and 7k into my 95 Celica gt oh... And my lumbar support bed haha. Damn things amazing only ran a grand! I was thinking about a brz and doing a 2jz swap. I seen on Dr tweaks website its possible and the brz is super sexy and parts are so easy to come by. I couldve gotten a 87 turbo supra for 3k with 70k miles it was rather amazing shape just the window molds where shot. It wasn't fast at all and during test drive I think I ran it to hard... Radiator started smoking and coolant shot out haha. The guy didn't mind he said well time to fix that lol. I'll just keep with my Celica for the time being I plan on never getting rid of it. I can finally say its one car I've owned longer than 6 months. I've went thru at least 30-40 cars in last 3 years from miatas, mx3, integras, Del sols, civics, preludes, and even a Chevy caviler (paid 700$ for an 05 sold it for 1500 or else I wouldn't have owned a Chevy ...) This Celica I got I haven't had the urge to go trading or running the holy hell out of it like I did all my other cars. Next step is hopefully 4th gen 3gste swap from prime once I get enough money saved up only 4k I think Thats rather fair.

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Just get a SC300, same car for a third of the price.

[NgoFcukinWay]

You'd be surprised. Truthfully I don't make a whole lot more than you. It's all about how you spend it, plus I caught a lucky break. Definitely go back to college though! I'm only 25 myself but if I keep doing the job I'm doing, I'll be lucky to still be able to walk around comfortably when I'm 50. I fully intend to finish school myself, but it's not in the cards right now. But I digress: you can afford one. Save up a few thousand, and make sure you have a good credit score. Then go talk to your local credit unions. Most of them will finance older cars. You can find decent condition shells for $10-12k, or complete, running, clean NA 5 speeds for $15-20k. Put a few thousand down, finance a clean NA, and slowly build it up to anything you want it to be! Financing a car this old isn't the wisest decision you can make, but the NA 2JZ is bulletproof so you shouldn't have an issue with it breaking down while you are making payments. Plus you wouldn't be alone, I see Supras being financed frequently on SupraForums. Everything from 18 year olds just starting college are financing cheaper Supras and older guys are financing the more expensive ones, so their bank account doesn't take a huge hit and they are snagging them while interest rates are still low. Myself, I chose not to finance mine. Interest rates are low, yes, but I don't want to pay interest if I can avoid it and I really don't want to owe money month to month. You never know what the future holds, and banks are t forgiving on missed payments. /poor financial advice.

I financed mine with $0 down and a 4.3% interest rate. Kinda regret it, but eh. What can I do now but enjoy it. My NA 2JZ was knocking and the seller was trying to hide it by running a heavier weight oil. Oh well.

And yeah, SC300 is definitely a great, cheaper alternative. You can find a few cleanly swapped ones for around the $6K mark. Another option would be the 2nd gen GS300. Same thing, but 4-door swag. You can find a few swapped ones around $8K and I've seen some legit Aristos for about $12K

This post has been edited by NgoFcukinWay: Mar 26, 2015 - 7:51 AM

[richee3]

Nothing much to update, but I can't call it stock anymore. Mr. NgoFcukinWay sent me a spare go-fast part, so now I have an RMM downpipe. Sounds better than it did before! It's starting to sound more like a proper 2JZ instead of some generic muffled engine noise. Doesn't really feel any faster but it definitely sounds better. Then I scored a $7 steering wheel from the junkyard last week so I pulled out the 7th gen GT-S auto steering wheel in favor of this one. No more e-shift buttons. I was going to make them work as volume control, but meh.



Then I'm whoring some mediocre pictures, just because.

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You need some black carpet and seats in your life.

[Bitter]

You want to buy a spare body and engine? We've had one at the shop for almost 18 months and this guy just can't get his ****ing money together for the turbos it needs and we're getting sick of it taking up space.

[1994Celica]

You want to buy a spare body and engine? We've had one at the shop for almost 18 months and this guy just can't get his ****ing money together for the turbos it needs and we're getting sick of it taking up space.

Really how much?

[Bitter]

Well I have no idea, I'd need to ask him what he'd want to sell it for. It's parked on the corner rack with no engine or trans in it or hood on it. All the parts are in the car. There's a JDM 2JZ with no turbos, 2 JDM turbos of questionable quality, two trashed USDM turbos to be used as cores with this place https://www.speedforsale.com/supraparts/spe...rwhp-p-553.html because the owner wants to keep it all stock as possible. It's an automatic, red, with some body kit and some axle back exhaust, some ugly wheels and crap for tires. It's got around 200K miles or 220K miles on it, all from the original owner. The USDM engine is no good, there's damage inside the block and I wouldn't trust it. It went kaput once, he had it 'rebuilt' and within 5K miles it tossed a rod bearing pretty hard, there's no hole in the block but there's a lot of dents inside where things whirled around.

I'd value it as it sits now the whole package around $7,500(???)just because of Supra tax and the spare engine/head. I'm shooting from outer space though, I have no idea what these things are worth when it's a situation like this. It's a project for sure! Also a free drivers side front fender because I backed a big pickup truck that was missing a mirror into it in the parking lot while it was sitting here, new from Toyota primed and ready to paint. I ate that ****up myself.

[richee3]

$7,500? Try $12,000 for a shell. I'd definitely be interested though.

[Bitter]

Alright, next time he's in with another excuse I'll bring it up into the mix. If he's interested I'll try to figure out a time for you to come see it and pass your information onto him.

[NgoFcukinWay]

$7 for that steering wheel? Hell of a deal.

we're dying that carpet when I get up there next month.

Glad you're enjoying that downpipe. Now remove it and run open y-pipe for a while. lol

[cheela]

Next month? I saw ur name down for the 6gc midwest meet. Be there or banned. Lol

And nice pics Daniel. Did u shoot those with your new camera?

[richee3]

$7 for that steering wheel? Hell of a deal.

we're dying that carpet when I get up there next month.

Glad you're enjoying that downpipe. Now remove it and run open y-pipe for a while. lol

I want a black interior, but monies. I'll get it to BPU before I start worrying about the tan interior. I still need to finish remodeling my house, get hitched, take a vacation, pour concrete in half of my garage, and find a different job before swapping the interior. I went to a couple of car shows last night and all of my local car friends seem to REALLY enjoy the new exhaust note.

Next month? I saw ur name down for the 6gc midwest meet. Be there or banned. Lol

And nice pics Daniel. Did u shoot those with your new camera?

I'm still on the fence for the meet. It could go either way. I was just messing around with the camera. Not really trying to get any great shots, just trying to learn how to use the camera and take better pictures with it. Those three didn't turn out too bad, except now I know that I have some residual wax on my front emblem.

[cheela]

First comment was for Mr. Red Supra.

Second comment was for Mr. Green Supra.

hahaha.

[NgoFcukinWay]

First comment was for Mr. Red Supra.

Second comment was for Mr. Green Supra.

hahaha.

I'm actually planning to try to see Mr. Green get hitched to Mrs. Green-to-be.

This post has been edited by NgoFcukinWay: May 24, 2015 - 4:30 PM

[NgoFcukinWay]

aaannnnddd.....i just bought my ticket.....